Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-13
THE NEWS.BRIGGS WAR.
What Some Other Texas Papers Bnsldes
Tho Gazette Say of the Journalistic Row

WaXahtChie Enterprise: tn D4tias
News has 1T up OF its ebuse u prohibit
ton Democratic politicians this week and
turned its full force sgsinst Rev. G. ".
Briggs, editor of the Texas Christian Ad-
vocstsS whose very name seems to throw
LIMO commissions. II devotes eight ed
ftorials to Brother Briggs in
Mondays ISSUE, twelve On Tues
dsy and six on Wednesday. II drops
Brother Hayden Of the Texas Baptist and
Her Id, SIS can ApanIss OF too small cal
iber for the News to waste much an
munition or :. space upon" but
it proposes to fight it out
with Brother Briggs "ii it takes ell win
ter and psrt of next summer Such
course may amuse the News, but it can
not injure Brother Briggs or Brother
Hayden, whose reputation is above re-
prosch. The News IS the only party that
will suffer Injury in the premises.
Throckmorton Times: The Dallas
News wants to fight the "whole pen
full' Of preachers. Newspapers as well
as individuals sometimes bite of more
than they can chew.
Henrietta Enterprise: Just now the
News seems to be devoting 8 good deal
of space TO the Reverend Mr.. Briggs, one
of the most gifted ministers OF the
Methodist church, and editor of the
Christian Advocate. 1t seems to US that
the talent Of the Dallas News might be
better employed than throwing mud at a
minister Of the gospel.
Waco Examiner: Brother H4yden lust
literally wipes up the earth with the
News in MS article in the Baptist Herald
Of August 81. This is about the most
Withering thing we have seen in print for
many long day. With two such men as
Hayden and Briggs, and two such papers
as the Advocate and Herald after it, the
News cannot fail to feel the injury sensi-
bly,. With the merits Of the quarrel we
have nothing whatever to do. We only
know that both sides are soiling their
papers with language which ought never
to appear in the columns Of newspapers,
and the types should refuse to spell it out.
We see no way of ending the quarrel eX-
cept by arbitration of The craft. As it
stands to-day, 1t is $ disgrace TO the
state.
Texarkana Times: Parson Briggs
doesn't seem to know how to do TIE
turn the other-wa cheek act.
| Sweetwater Record: The Dallas News
don't like preachers. We don't blame
the News.
Brady Sentinel: The Galveston News
is IN excellent paper, but it does seen
that it is letting itself down in this con
troyarsy with Rev. Briggs. Its editorials
Of late on the subject are anything else
than digni19d, and they are unworthy
of g Journal occupying the position
Cf the News. 1t may b.
that Nj. Briggs has gone wrong to som:
extent; Is we have rot readshis side o
the controversy we cannot sag So to this,
Int certainly the News is not justified i:
taking up so much of its space in abus
not only of Mr.. Briggs, but of the churCt
he represents. We know enough e5ou
the Methodist church TO assert positivel,
that If Mr.. Briggs is as bad q man as tn
News represents him to be, he will no
only lose his position as editor of thC
Advocate, but be will also lose his Gre
der tials as 8 minister. This ought T.
satisfy the News.
Big SpriEGs Paragraph; The DallE
News end Rev. Briggs Of the Christia!
Advocate are a. present engaged in {
controversy that is not ct oil sweet o
cha3te. The News calls the Rev. Brigg
s common falsitler" end ayers proof l
three distinct counts.
Galveston Tribune; iitor Brigg
seems to be playing both ends Of tn
circular against the midcle.
Duck Creek News: The war betweeI
the Dallas News and Rev. Mr.. Briggs
editor of the Christian Advocate, still
goes on, and gets more bitter as it al
YsnCes. They call each other liars quit
glibly, and the way they abuse one anoth
er is a caution. The Texas Baptist an
Herald has Joined in the rucus, and th
News has got its hands full. The trOubl
originated in charge of the News the
Mr.. Briggs once said in lecture that eel
tsin sins deserve the dungeon and halter
The News has failed to answer some Yer
serious charges Of t7e Advocate. 1t lock
very much like the News had gotten it SCI
into hornets nest.
] SSH Angelo Standard: A little NOR
grape, Parson Briggs.
Honey Grove Herald: The DGlla
News is having a tilt with Rev. 6. "
Briggs, editor OF the Christian Advocate
From the manner in which the New
wrigsles and squirms it is quite eviden
shat tie News is not enjoying the pre-
gramme which Mr.. Briggs marks out.
Wills Poiat Paragraph: The Dalls
, Morning News of Tuesday devoted tn
greater part of its editorial page to abus
Of Rev. J. W. Briggs. In view OF tn
News integrity. however, it is not likel
that Mr. Briggs viii sustain any great in
h juries in consequence Of the abuse.
= Abilene Reporter: The Dallas News
now devoting most of It's editorial spac
to DR.. Briggs Of the Texas Christian Ad
vocate. DR.. Briggs is too Well an
fayorebly known in Texas 10 suffer irol
such attacks.
Waco Examiner: The controversy no
going en- between the News aud Il
: Methodist state organ, the Advocate, az
the Baptist Herald, the state organ of I'll
Baptists, is one Of the most QUESTIONED
which has ever been conducted in ii
J, journals of this country. The PERSONAL
ties are IS bitter, the vituperatiou es pr,
4 nounCed and the language as impure :
Wilt is possible for it to be. Elsewhere v
Y have said that we know nothing and Cal
less about the merits of the quarrel. "
are now simply pleading for high'
- grade Of Journalism, for purer mora
snd more chsSte expression. 1t is no